Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:45:32 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140427 From: "Alysha Shugart" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 27, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Keeney B.Keeney DIS --:-- --:-- L.Straka L.Straka DIS 01:27 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU06/R 19:51 01:10 5.3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UC01/R 01:10 06:10 0.3 0 0 0 4.4 0.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shugart High winds and dust kept us closed the first half of the night. Clouds finally cleared enough to allow opening just after the start of second half. Seeing was horrible to moderate the rest of the night. No other problems. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:42 dcamera 476( 291) 54 53 1.8 3.0 3.7 2.8 2.0 -- 3.10 02:08 dcamera 525( 309) 157 58 1.7 2.4 3.1 2.3 1.7 -- 2.80 03:34 dcamera 692( 392) 230 74 0.7 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 -- 1.87 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 15 30 280 (W) 1797 mstly cldy dust 17:00 42 15 34 287 (WNW) 4616 mstly cldy dust 18:00 41 16 25 267 (W) 5669 mstly cldy none 19:00 42 16 39 292 (WNW) 6219 ptly cldy dust 20:00 40 14 12 266 (W) 6804 ptly cldy none 21:00 38 14 17 266 (W) 6987 cloudy dust 22:00 38 14 16 293 (WNW) 15289 cloudy dust 23:00 37 14 13 297 (WNW) 1883 cloudy none 00:00 37 16 11 297 (WNW) 1836 cloudy none 01:00 36 16 13 333 (NNW) 1898 cloudy none 02:00 35 16 12 289 (WNW) 2026 mstly clr none 03:00 34 17 16 295 (WNW) 2926 mstly clr none 04:00 33 17 16 305 (NW) 3436 clear none 05:00 33 18 10 353 (N) 3047 clear none Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed. The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.15.0 Current TUI version: 2.2.0